Transparency adapters that let flatbed scanners read film negatives and slides have improved significantly in recent years, but they still leave much to be desired in terms of image quality. If you have lots of negatives or slides to digitize, consider a dedicated film scanner. Film scanners are optimized for transparent media and therefore provide significantly higher-quality images.

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Sally Wiener Grotta is a contributing editor of PC Magazine, a professional photographer, a digital artist, and an early pioneer in computer graphics. She has coauthored several books with Daniel Grotta, including The Illustrated Digital Imaging Dictionary (McGraw-Hill). Her expertise extends to digital cameras, scanners, printers, imaging and illu... See Full Bio

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